Spend the day with an outstanding faculty
of constitutional law experts. In the morning, Prof. Erwin
Chemerinsky, Alston & Bird Professor of Law at Duke
Law School, will review the 2003 and 2004 terms of the
U.S. Supreme Court and discuss the debate on popular constitutionalism.
During lunch, University of Oregon School of Law Prof.
Garrett Epps will provide a special commentary. Afterwards,
a panel moderated by Oregon Court of Appeals Judge David
Schuman will examine Oregon constitutional jurisprudence
in the context of retired Oregon Supreme Court Justice
Hans Linde’s years on the bench. The featured speaker in
the afternoon is Prof. Pamela Karlan, Kenneth and Harle
Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law at Stanford
Law School. Karlan will address elections and the U.S.
Supreme Court, including redistricting and campaign finances.

Your clients’ estates represent a life time
of work. Acquire the skills and tools necessary to carry
out their wishes and protect their property. Join our experienced
faculty for the fundamentals of planning the taxable estate,
including practical drafting tips and techniques. Learn
the latest techniques for planning around the disconnect
between Oregon and federal inheritance tax exemptions.
The nuances of the Principal and Income Act will be covered,
including conversion of a trust to a unitrust. This seminar
also will feature a review by University of Missouri-Columbia
School of Law Prof. David English, the official reporter
for the Uniform Trust Code.

Equal justice under law. That's the U.S.
Supreme Court motto, but is it the reality for people living
in poverty? Examine how culture and communication styles
impede people living in generational poverty from accessing
our legal system and social services. Learn how to break
through these barriers with methods that can help with
clients, witnesses and government agencies. Dr. Donna Beegle,
a national public speaker, discussion leader and trainer,
will draw from her own research and inspirational journey
out of poverty to provide you with tools to use in your
practice and your life.

Learn about the OSB Client Assistance Office
and the new Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct. What
should you do when you get "that call" from the
CAO? The new rules represent the most comprehensive revision
in a generation. What will this mean to your practice?

This seminar will explore the unique place
tribes occupy in Oregon and the U.S. Learn about the different
tribal government structures and the best method for interacting
with tribal officials. Examine how tribal sovereignty interacts
with state and local government. Tribal court judges will
explain procedures and offer practical tips for the practitioner.
Review recent court opinions that impact tribal court jurisdiction
and common ethical pitfalls in tribal court practice.

Understanding the processes that form the
bases of law and legal argument is critical to an effective
law practice. Attorney and philosophy professor Douglas
Lind has been in the trenches, fashioning arguments to
persuade judges, jurors, administrative panels and the
appellate bench. He is not an "egghead" dictating
to you from an ivory tower; he is an "egghead" who
knows the rigors of practice and has the ability to home
in on the practical aspects of logical theory to assist
you in making better arguments. Whether you are a trial
lawyer, appellate lawyer or transactional lawyer, few things
are more important than your ability to fashion cogent,
logically grounded arguments and to identify those points
where your opponent’s argument falls apart. Logic and Legal
Reasoning will help you do just that.

Do you have the foundation you need for effective
civil trial procedure and practice in Oregon’s state courts?
Now in a new 6x9-inch format, the 2004 edition to this
comprehensive practice guide provides the critical information
you need on numerous facets of civil litigation, from practice
tips and court rules to case investigation, pleadings and
parties, summons, discovery, trial motions, judgments,
attorney fees and collection of judgments.

To order, call the OSB Order Desk at (503)
684-7413, or toll-free in Oregon (800) 452-8260, ext. 413.
Or, visit the bar’s website, www.osbar.org, to view the
table of contents or a sample chapter outline first and
then order online on the OSB’s secure online bookstore.